Heroku is discontinuing the routing method that specifies Heroku’s legacy IP addresses in DNS A records on 2014/09/22. Using naked domains like example.com on Heroku now requires some ingenuity.

Using the CDN service “CloudFlare” can apparently achieve CNAME flattening, so I’d like to refer to the following article for detailed implementation:

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Below is the “Action Required: Legacy Routing End of Life” notification email from Heroku:

heroku Hi there,

This is a reminder that Heroku is turning off the legacy “.heroku.com” routing path on September 22nd 2014. This is part of an effort to to standardize on a single, fast, highly available and scalable routing stack for all customers.

You are receiving this email because one or more of your apps is still using the legacy routing and you must take action to ensure continued operation of those apps after the September 22nd deadline.

The following domains which are still receiving legacy traffic are:

example.com

Also, you may use the Legacy Routing Analyzer to see which of your apps are affected. Login to your Heroku account and click here.

We recommend that you migrate those affected apps away from the legacy routing infrastructure as soon as possible.

For instructions on how to make the move, please visit this Heroku Dev Center article.

We know that changing DNS settings for live apps requires care and planning, and we will assist with guidance and advice for you to make the necessary updates. If you have any questions about this topic, feel free to open a support ticket.

We will continue to send reminders in the coming months to owners and collaborators on apps that continue to use the legacy routing infrastructure.

Cheers, Heroku team

That’s all from the Gemba.